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As with other phases of nature, I have probably loved the rocks more than I have studied them.
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Whitman was Emerson translated from the abstract into the concrete.
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When a herd of cattle see a strange object, they are not satisfied till each one has sniffed it; and the horse is cured of his fright at the robe, or the meal-bag, or other object, as soon as he can be induced to smell it.
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Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all – that has been my religion.
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Living in the city is a discordant thing, an unnatural thing.
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How many thorns of human nature are bristling conceits, buds of promise grown sharp for want of congenial climate.
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Secluded waters of some pool or lakelet, are the crown and summit of the floral expeditions of summer.
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I find that something one gets from Emerson in early life does not leave him when he grows old.
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The building of cities and towns, the cutting down of forests, and the draining of pools and swamps have deprived American birds of their original homes and food supply.
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I have discovered the secret of happiness. It is work.
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One of the most graceful of warriors is the robin. I know few prettier sights than two males challenging and curveting about each other upon the grass in early spring. Their attentions to each other are so courteous and restrained.
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To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.
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I went to the Lake District to see what kind of a country it could be that would produce a Wordsworth.
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We are really here to be happy and to make others happy.
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Naturalists, like poets, are born and then made only by years of painstaking observation.
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As life nears its end with me, I find myself meditating more and more upon the mystery of its nature and origin, yet without the least hope that I can find out the ways of the Eternal in this or in any other world.
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He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.
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The secret of happiness is something to do.
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